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[It's late at night, late enough when most people are asleep. Alexei is one of those people...or well, was. His journal had been placed aside, but it can still pick up sounds. Roughly it picks up someone violently waking up. Alexei found himself wandering into memories he didn't like to recall. They were quick flashes, but his moments ( Read more... )
[It's late at night, late enough when most people are asleep. Alexei is one of those people...or well, was. His journal had been placed aside, but it can still pick up sounds. Roughly it picks up someone violently waking up. Alexei found himself wandering into memories he didn't like to recall. They were quick flashes, but his moments ( Read more... )
I suppose you could say my goal will always be the safety and well-being of my country. I'd gladly risk my life for Alabasta and its people; I've done so in the past, and if it comes to it, I will again. I've...made difficult sacrifices. [Like staying behind when the rest of the Strawhats sailed on. ;__;] Still, I believe it's worth it in the end.
Why do you ask, Alexei-san? [Not exactly typical small talk, that's for sure.]
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It's just something to the pass the time. [Keep his mind off of other things.]
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I see. And what are your thoughts on the subject?
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[What's with him and Princesses...course, now he's wondering why a Princess is with a bunch of pirates.]
My thoughts on what you've said, or are you asking about my own goals?
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[It's a long story...but one she'll gladly tell, if asked about it.]
Oh, I'm sorry for being unclear. I meant your own goals.
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[...Don't mind him, old habit. He probably wouldn't mind hearing the tale at some point.]
Myself? ...Well, I wanted to change the way things were being run back home in the Empire. Our future, it was all determined by our social status. If you were born a noble, you stayed rich, if you were born a commoner, you stayed poor. I wanted to bring an end to the old laws and give everyone the choice to decide what they wanted to do with their lives, regardless of birth.
It wasn't an easy task. I had to find my way into the system and fix the problem from within. As someone who had nothing to lose, but more to gain, I took a gamble to see how far I could go.
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[She hesitates slightly before continuing. This is a delicate subject, and she knows the type of thing he's talking about won't be easily accomplished, nor happen overnight.] Did you have much success?
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[She's not unfamiliar with the sort of thing he's speaking about, sadly, but she'll let him finish before adding her own experiences in.]
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This was the one part of the system I was able to change, the Imperial Knights. I worked my way to the top and when I became Commandant, I was able to take away the Council's hold over the Knights. No longer did we need to follow their orders and are now independent from them. We are even at equal standing with the Council now and we've generally taken it upon ourselves to be there for the people where the council had failed. I even changed the qualifications for someone to become a Knight. From now on anyone from any class had equal opportunity to join. It was the one place where people had a voice.
[...Or so it used to be, until he finally gave up on the Empire and decided that restarting under a new rule was the only answer.]
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It sounds to me that you've made great strides already, Alexei-san. The kind of changes you've begun will likely grow into something even greater, given time.
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[More like none at all, considering he's dead. She doesn't need to know that detail though.]
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Time is one of the building blocks of lasting change. The more solid the foundation, the sturdier the end result. [She means it to be comforting.]
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I suppose. One can only hope. I've done plenty already, but that itself took much of my time. Who knows if I'll reach my final goal before it's all over.
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